In a new Memorandum of Understanding, Watauga High School became the latest area high school to partner with Lees-McRae in ...

Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper will run for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina, giving Democrats a proven statewide winner ...

Workers from the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Division 11 have something to celebrate after winning two awards from a ...

The Back 2 School Festival is just weeks away, and organizers are calling on the community to help make this year’s event a ...

The Don Hogan Band will play at the Linville Falls Winery & Vineyards (9557 Linville Falls Hwy) on Saturday, Aug. 2 starting ...

July 23, 1959 The Watauga Democrat reported on the formal opening of the Boone Golf Course by the Boone Golf Club in the July ...

According to Watauga County Emergency Services, emergency personnel are currently working in the area of Tater Hill. There is no threat to the public.

France told a UN conference co-chaired with Saudi Arabia on Monday that there is "no alternative" to a two-state solution ...

Ever-confident of his own prowess and deaf to claims of a conflict of interest, Donald Trump has been hosting European ...

Researchers have developed a way to count hidden baby barn owls from a distance by using AI and sound so they don't have to disturb their nests. Bournemouth University PhD student Kavisha Jayathunge ...

With her clear blue eyes and slightly nervous gaze, the reconstructed bust of Mos'anne -- a woman who lived around 10,500 ...

Truckloads of food reached hungry Gazans on Monday after Israel promised to open secure aid routes, but humanitarian agencies warned vast amounts more were needed to stave off starvation.